“Return to Twin Peaks, or, Experimental Cinema Comes to American Television” As the first episode of Twin Peaks: The Return begins, good Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) sits trapped in the Black Lodge. His doppelganger, also played by MacLachlan, but now with horridly long, greasy black hair, so disturbing compared to the G-man’s trim hair ...

“Re-Framing Samuel Beckett” Through their fundamental design, most artworks make us choose between embracing the values of high art or popular culture. An exception is Jamin Winans’ recent science-fiction film, The Frame (2014). In the film’s first shot, we meet Alex (David Carranza), a skillful cargo thief who is desperately trying to extract himself from ...